Housing of a cutting tool including blade storage, integral blade guard and motor ventilation pathway

A jigsaw for cutting a workpiece with a cutting blade, the jigsaw comprising:

• a housing containing a motor activated by a trigger assembly, wherein said housing defines a left half shell and a right half shell;
• a shoe member connected to said housing;
• a reciprocating shaft connected to said motor that extends through said housing toward a cutting area, said reciprocating shaft operable to hold the cutting blade;
• a blade guard member including a left arm portion, a right arm portion and a base portion therebetween, wherein said blade guard member extends from said housing in front of said reciprocating shaft and toward said cutting area to terminate proximate said shoe member;
• said left arm portion extends from said left half shell;
• said right arm portion extends from said right half shell;
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• said base portion being split into a left portion and a right portion, wherein said left portion of said base portion extends from said left arm portion of said blade guard member and said right portion of said base portion extends from said right arm portion of said blade guard member;
• the jigsaw further comprising a blade storage compartment recessed in said housing;
• a platform provided in said blade storage compartment having a first edge that at least partially defines a first recess that extends further into said housing beyond said platform;
• and
• a member connected to said platform that produces a magnetic field that releasably secures a cutting blade to said platform, wherein said magnetic field is configured to permit a user to tilt said cutting blade about said first edge into said first recess to overcome said magnetic field and remove said cutting blade from said storage compartment.